Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

Was Ryan really the man behind the Natalie Portman legality countdown website?
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One of the favorite things from Ryan: TANG!

One of the segments I wished he would've brought back (which he kindof did via the movie podcast) but it's not the same as his one man video reviews. I watched some old episodes of TANG today and forgot that Ryan taught me to hate Uwe Boll and love his at the same time.

I miss Ryan so much :*(
 
It's weird. I feel weird. I didn't know the dude. I DID know the dude. I'm not crying, I don't know if I should. I feel like we've all lost someone very special, and our lives are lessened for it.

These people entertain and distract us in our busy and often sad and absurd lives. We get used to them and take them for granted. It's sad but it happens in pretty much every type of relationship.

Rest in Peace, dude. You've enriched every life you've touched, and your absence diminishes the community.
 
Have just seen this and I am genuinely gutted, have been listening to Ryan since the Hotspot days.

Genuinely funny guy and immensely likeable.

My condolences to his wife, family, friends and his colleagues .......so very young.



R.I.P Ryan.
 
No time for tears because I am at work. But I almost started weeping on the train to work when I first read this!

Gonna need a couple of stiff drinks later tonight as I plan to revisit some old podcasts and videos to reminisce.
 
I still can't believe this. I'm taking it a lot harder than I would have thought. I was telling my wife tonight that I feel like I've lost a good friend. I know he didn't know me, and heck, he may not have liked me if he did, but I have spent so much time enjoying what he did, and the GiantBomb crew, that I'm so sad about it.

For me, GiantBomb helps me get through the work day. I run my own business. It's stressful. There's a portion of my day where I can work, and at the same time pop up a video on my second monitor, and just have it be there to help me get through the boring part of my day. 9/10 times I pop up a quick look, or I Love Mondays, or one of the Thursday or Friday shows, and I just half listen/watch, and half go on auto pilot and work. I've been doing that now for a couple years. I've been listening to the podcast since the first one. When I run on the treadmill in the morning, probably 3 days a week, I listen to the bombcast. Listing to Ryan and the crew is probably more than I hear anyone else talk in my life. If you think about it, even with your family, you do a lot of sitting and not talking. Or sitting and watching a show. Or throwing a ball around and not saying a ton.

I don't know, I'm just super bummed. Ryan was my favorite gaming personality, and I will really miss him. It just really hit home with me tonight, that this person who didn't even know I existed, was such a big part of my life. RIP brother. Most people don't get to have the impact you did. I know you'd rather be alive than have "a legacy" right now, but hey, some people die without even that. Damn, and just married. What a f'n bummer.
 
Horseticuffs said:
It's weird. I feel weird. I didn't know the dude. I DID know the dude. I'm not crying, I don't know if I should. I feel like we've all lost someone very special, and our lives are lessened for it.

These people entertain and distract us in our busy and often sad and absurd lives. We get used to them and take them for granted. It's sad but it happens in pretty much every type of relationship.

Rest in Peace, dude. You've enriched every life you've touched, and your absence diminishes the community.
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Thank you for writing that. I feel the same way but was having trouble putting it into words.
 
This is really shocking. :(

Ryan was one of the main reasons I went to GiantBomb (GiantBomb is a really great site with lots of great people but Ryan's personality was one that I imagine a lot of journalists would dream of having because he came off so down to earth on camera). Anyway, I started watching GiantBomb with Ryan's TANG videos. Those videos were so awesome and I was saddened when Ryan seemingly stopped putting them out but he was always really funny no matter what video I watched. I never knew him personally, but my prayers are with his family and friends.

Crazypanda_85 said:
One of the favorite things from Ryan: TANG!

One of the segments I wished he would've brought back (which he kindof did via the movie podcast) but it's not the same as his one man video reviews. I watched some old episodes of TANG today and forgot that Ryan taught me to hate Uwe Boll and love his at the same time.
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I'm glad that someone else remembered TANG. I seriously must have watched all of his TANG videos - I may have missed a couple, but I remember watching them in freshman year of college. That was really my first introduction of Ryan.
 
Happened out of nowhere. I've watched Giant Bomb's videos for years now, like many who posted in this thread, and I'll miss him. RIP, Ryan.
 
Fuck. Just fuck.

I've been reading this thread all day. I've told myself that I don't even know this guy, that I really shouldn't be so upset by this.

But Ryan Davis helped lull me to sleep every Tuesday for the last five years. He helped wake me up for my walk to work every Wednesday. He made me laugh when I felt like shit. He reminded me that even a guy that makes his living playing and talking about video games doesn't need to take them so fucking seriously.

The Bombcast has been the one thing I can count on to deliver a smile and a couple of hours of entertainment, every fucking week. Ryan Davis has been a much bigger part of my life than I had realized, and I'm finding this really hard in a weird way. I feel guilty for feeling so sad. I didn't know this guy AT ALL. What is wrong with me that I'm grieving the loss of a guy that hosts a podcast about video games? But I see I'm not the only one, and that speaks volumes about Ryan.
 
8-bit posted:
Ok the change has been made. The new shirt is at http://teespring.com/ryan_davis

Thanks for the suggestions and the comments.
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NeoNess said:
Perfect. In for one.
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I seriously broke down a few minutes ago. I seriously haven't cried that uncontrolled cry when it's just snot and snot bubbles coming out since my grandma died and my ex-girlfriend killed herself. I am so down for buying a shirt so long as his widow gets the proceeds.
 
Seiru said:
It's probably been posted before, but this is the obvious choice for those of us wallowing in sadness right now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-f2y1QC_yg
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I'm listening to this while reading all of the posts. I was lucky enough to meet him several times at E3 over the years. There's real tears here. It was a pleasure. I hope you can see the impact you made on all of us. I hope there's a great arcade up there. You earned unlimited credits!
 
In the off-chance that any other writers/podcast members of giantbomb are somehow reading this, I love you guys immensly too. But fuck......Ryan Davis man. You understand.
 
Now that I think about it, I looked forward to Tuesday more than any day of the week just because I knew that when that Bombcast came on and I heard Ryan's voice it was going to be a great show.

Ryan, you will be missed...
 
Crazypanda_85 said:
One of the favorite things from Ryan: TANG!

One of the segments I wished he would've brought back (which he kindof did via the movie podcast) but it's not the same as his one man video reviews. I watched some old episodes of TANG today and forgot that Ryan taught me to hate Uwe Boll and love his at the same time.

I miss Ryan so much :*(
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Oh man, I completely forgot about TANG! I've watched every one of those... and proceeded to avoid every one of those movies. Nostalgia on top of nostalgia.
 
Shrinnan said:
This is really shocking. :(

Ryan was one of the main reasons I went to GiantBomb (GiantBomb is a really great site with lots of great people but Ryan's personality was one that I imagine a lot of journalists would dream of having because he came off so down to earth on camera). Anyway, I started watching GiantBomb with Ryan's TANG videos. Those videos were so awesome and I was saddened when Ryan seemingly stopped putting them out but he was always really funny no matter what video I watched. I never knew him personally, but my prayers are with his family and friends.



I'm glad that someone else remembered TANG. I seriously must have watched all of his TANG videos - I may have missed a couple, but I remember watching them in freshman year of college. That was really my first introduction of Ryan.
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I think I've seen all of them several times. They were always funny and was something that was better than most movie site reviews, including Screened.com (even through Rorie did have some cool video segments).

"...and Alyssa Milano is there and she looks like a low-rent Pink and she's the head of the cleanest street gang you've ever seen..."

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/this-aint-no-game-double-dragon/2300-224/
 
khaaan said:
Man, all these videos of Ryan that I never saw before makes it harder to accept everything that's happened. That Dragonball evolution video made me laugh so much but with every laugh I would feel this bitterness. It's going to be a rough few weeks.
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I've had Grandparents die and I didn't feel like this (Granted, I never really spent time with them. I was around 12 when they died).

It's almost like, why can't he be here? Why did he have to die? It's still hard to accept that he wont be here anymore.
 
Just had a mate at work come over and start talking about Ryan and saying how he is going to be missed etc. I was really confused about what he was talking about until he said that Ryan had passed.

My heart literally sank....I wanted him to be joking but then I saw this thread. I have no words to the amount of enjoyment that the Giantbomb family has brought to my life. I still don't believe it. I was just watching some old videos last night of Ryan and the Gang :'(

Ryan is going to be missed. I have no idea how his wife must be feeling but I hope she and everyone else makes it through this tragic event.
 
Crazypanda_85 said:
I think I've seen all of them several times. They were always funny and was something that was better than most movie site reviews, including Screened.com (even through Rorie did have some cool video segments).

"...and Alyssa Milano is there and she looks like a low-rent Pink and she's the head of the cleanest street gang you've ever seen..."

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/this-aint-no-game-double-dragon/2300-224/
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That's exactly it too - he made something that was better than sites dedicated to doing stuff like that. I enjoyed Ryan over Nostalgia Critic even (and I was big into Nostalgia Critic videos way back when).
 
It was surreal to see the news this morning. Sort of been processing all day. It's like, this feeling of "nothing's different" but something is very obviously missing. Life really SUCKS like this, you know?

Sending warm vibes to Ryan's family, friends and all friends of Giant Bomb.
 
Rest in peace. :(
 
This wrecked me. Feels like losing a friend. And no one I know IRL would even understand why I'm so bummed. I'm just glad to have had the opportunity to enjoy his work and share in the joy he brought to the world.
 
I remember once on a Bombcast Ryan was describing something (don't remember what) as being hard to think about for too long. His words were something to the effect of "'Thinking about 'blank' is like thinking about yourself dying, if you do it for more than a few seconds you're like 'oh my God!' and then you have to move on or it'll drive you nuts."

I'm butchering it of course, but I remember it pretty clearly as being dark, funny and heartfelt. I figure people who decide to go through old Bombcasts in memorium will stumble across this quote and feel especially creeped out by it. As someone who's very aware of my own mortality, it really stuck with me.
 
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